The Temple of Atena or temple of Ceres (about 500 BC), built about fifty years before the Temple of Neptune, consists of thirteen columns on the long sides and six on the short ones, with a large porch in front of the cell.
The Temple of Neptune or Poseidon (mid-5th century BC) - It is considered to be the most perfect example of Doric Templar architecture in Italy and Greece. - The temple of Neptune - Poseidon, stands on a base with three steps on which a colonnade of 6x14 Doric columns (24.14x59.88 m.) Is set. Inside, a high step marks the passage from the prònaos (the front vestibule), consisting of two columns, to the cell (the nucleus of the temple intended to guard the divine simulacrum). The cell, raised, is divided into three naves. Opposite the prònaos is the opistòdomos (rear vestibule) with a cell enclosed between two porticoes and divided into three naves by two rows of columns. The naos divided into three naves by two rows of double order columns, on which the roof trusses were placed. Basilica Tempio dedicated to Hera 550 a. C., since its structure did not respect the canons of sacred architecture, archaeologists of the eighteenth century exchanged it for a public building and gave it the name of Basilica.
The Basilica, the oldest, of Doric order with eighteen columns on the long sides and nine on the short ones. The cell, which is preceded by a portico, is divided into two naves by a row of columns. The Basilica, the most ancient, of Doric order with eighteen columns on the long sides and nine on the short. The cell, that is preceded by a portico, has divided into two aisles from a line of columns. Basilica - Basilica 550 b. C.

The Temple of Neptune or Poseidon (mid-fifth century BC) - It is considered as the most perfect example of Doric temple in Italy and Greece. - The temple of Neptune - Poseidon, stands on a base with three steps on which you set a colonnade of Doric columns 6x14 (m. 24,14 x59, 88). Inside, a high step marks the transition from the pronaos (the vestibule), consisting of two columns, the cell (the nucleus of the temple designed to preserve the divine simulacrum). Cell, above, is divided into three naves. Opposed to the pronaos there is opistodomos (rear vestibule)

The Temple of Neptune blocks were bound with dowels. The temples of Paestum were made of local stone. The Temple of Neptune is built with two different types of travertine: the one used for the columns is softer while for the decorations and the frames another harder variety was used. The use of different types of travertine meant that in the event of an earthquake the colonnade acted as a cushion between the pedestal and the architrave, behaving in a more elastic way.

The Basilica or The Temple of Era., the most ancient, of order dorico with eighteen columns on the long sides and nine on the short. The cell, that is preceded by a portico, has divided in two aisles from a line of columns. Basilica - Basilica 550 b. C.

he temple of Hera (Juno) , the oldest of the temples of Paestum, dates back to 550 BC about. It is on the southern periphery of the city, it is a temple with 9 front columns and 18 side in archaic Doric style. Remain three of the columns that divided into two aisles the central cell and three columns and two pillars of the pronaos. The temple is known as the "Basilica" term assigned to it in the eighteenth century. because it was believed that the Romans had used as a meeting room (according to the civil basilicas for the Romans). Recent studies, based on votive finds testifying to the cult of Hera, Archaeologists have corrected the name to the temple.